The short gathering broke up in discord.
Mei Wangsu flicked his sleeve and departed, accompanied by Elder Jing Ji, who, just before leaving, softly muttered a few reproaches to Lin Buyan, speaking of fellowship, the past generation being bygone, burying the hatchet, the wolfish ambitions of the Huangji Sect, and supping with the devil...
It was a sincere exhortation, every word straight from the heart.
Chapter 229